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TBAR Partners was named in 6 of the 15 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 301 of the 1592 AI responses sampled across those questions (18.9%).

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TBAR Partners is strongest on “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, where it was named in 139 of 533 responses (26.1%), placing it in tier 5 of that report.

What TBAR Partners is surfaced for in TikTok Shop agencies

Based on the measured answers, TBAR Partners is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, “Which TikTok Shop agencies have documented client results?” and “Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?”.

How the answers describe the firmCreator recruitment, affiliate programs, and performance marketing for TikTok Shop scaling of brands generating $100k+ monthly.

In this sample, TBAR Partners was named on 6 of the 14 TikTok Shop agencies ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in TikTok Shop agencies

TBAR Partners was named on 6 of these 14 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where TBAR Partners placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderTBAR Partners
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?533 answersMediaLabs67%26% · tier 5
What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?372 answersSocial Tale45%—
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop live selling?358 answersShopstream Studios68%—
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?355 answersGrowera38%13% · tier 4
Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?355 answersMediaLabs59%—
We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?349 answersSocial Tale64%—
Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?299 answersSocial Tale49%—
Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?298 answersSocial Tale67%—
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?226 answersMediaLabs78%18% · tier 5
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?223 answersThe Brand Buddies51%—
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?220 answersSocial Tale43%8% · tier 4
What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?219 answersWE Marketing50%—
Which TikTok Shop agencies have documented client results?130 answersGrowera92%25% · tier 4
Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?128 answersGrowera42%20% · tier 2
How much does a TikTok Shop agency cost?pricing · 360 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads TikTok Shop agencies overall: Social Tale tops 5 of 14 · Growera tops 3 of 14 · MediaLabs tops 3 of 14 · Shopstream Studios tops 1 of 14 · The Brand Buddies tops 1 of 14 · WE Marketing tops 1 of 14. See all reports.

Where TBAR Partners was named

One row per report in which TBAR Partners cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?5139 of 53326.1%
Which TikTok Shop agencies have documented client results?432 of 13024.6%
Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?226 of 12820.3%
Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?540 of 22617.7%
Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?447 of 35513.2%
Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?417 of 2207.7%

What TBAR Partners gets named for

Across the 15 TikTok Shop agencies questions measured, TBAR Partners is named most often on “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?” — it appears in 139 of the 533 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 26.1% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which TikTok Shop agencies have documented client results?”, where it appears in 32 of 130 responses (24.6%).

TBAR Partners clears the reporting threshold on 6 of the 15 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.

What TBAR Partners’s tier placings mean

On “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, TBAR Partners sits in tier 5 of 7, named in 139 of 533 responses (26.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 66.6% of responses against TBAR Partners’s 26.1%. It shares tier 5 with MomentIQ, 5x Dashboard, OverCast Digital and Harvest Group, which the sample cannot separate from it. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate TBAR Partners from them.

On “Which TikTok Shop agencies have documented client results?”, TBAR Partners sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 32 of 130 responses (24.6%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 92.3% of responses against TBAR Partners’s 24.6%. It shares tier 4 with Darkroom and GMVPro, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On “Which TikTok Shop agencies measure profit rather than just GMV?”, TBAR Partners sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 26 of 128 responses (20.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 42.2% of responses against TBAR Partners’s 20.3%. It shares tier 2 with Social Tale, which the sample cannot separate from it. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate TBAR Partners from them.

On “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, TBAR Partners sits in tier 5 of 6, named in 40 of 226 responses (17.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 78.3% of responses against TBAR Partners’s 17.7%. It shares tier 5 with WE Marketing, Uptickk and Social Commerce Club, which the sample cannot separate from it. 1 further firm was named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate TBAR Partners from it.

On “Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?”, TBAR Partners sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 47 of 355 responses (13.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 37.7% of responses against TBAR Partners’s 13.2%. It shares tier 4 with AdQuadrant, Great Dane Media and Komplex, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On “Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?”, TBAR Partners sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 17 of 220 responses (7.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 43.2% of responses against TBAR Partners’s 7.7%. It shares tier 4 with OverCast Digital, NextWave and Favored, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside TBAR Partners

When ChatGPT names TBAR Partners, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Social Tale (6 shared questions), Creatify (5 shared questions), MADA (5 shared questions), MediaLabs (5 shared questions), Growera (4 shared questions), Darkroom (2 shared questions), Favored (2 shared questions) and OverCast Digital (2 shared questions).

That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside TBAR Partners. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Social Tale · Creatify · MADA · MediaLabs · Growera · Darkroom · Favored · OverCast Digital

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